Ko Ngati Kahungunu te iwi
Ko Maurice toku papa
Ko Oriwa toku mama
Ko David taku tuakana Ko Heretaunga toku kainga
Ko Riverslea toku kura
Ko Lukus taku ingoa
No reira
tena koutou
tena koutou
tena koutou
katoa
My Goals 2016
1. 2. 3.
2015
My Goals 2015
1. Learn to read stories up to Level 16. 2. Learn to write my own words and do stories. 3. Learn to add numbers in Maths.
Nov/Dec
Inquiry, ICT Visitors and Visiting.
A busy couple of months with lots of action and learning in Room 1. The Firemen visited us to teach us about fire safety. We know to get down, get low, get out fast. We also learnt lots when the Mobile Learning Centre came to Riverslea School. We used Robots,3D google cardboard,3D printers and ipads and apple computers.It was fun, we learnt lots and all had turns at using everything. We have been finding out all sorts of interesting things about space and the Solar system and planets in our Inquiry T4.We visited the Planetarium as well. The Hakinakina Athletics and Tabloids were fun. We also had a swim there. We had some fun end of year activities too like visiting and playing at the new playground at Windsor park.We also had a Wet and Wild fun day. We loved our Xmas glasses, our Secret Santas and all the candy canes and chocolate Santas we kept getting. Lots of us achieved our goals in learning. 2015 was a great year. Miharo is awesome. Merry Xmas everyone ( Mrs B & R1)
I like the fun we have in class and the robots that we used when the Mobile Learning caravan came.
Hakinakina swimming and wet and wild day
I liked learning with all the computer stuff and the robots. I like the fun things we do at school.
I can add numbers up to 10 now and I can do subtraction too now.
I am up to Level 14 in Reading my goal was Level 10 but I passed that ages ago.
I can also write lots of my own words in my stories.I can write 3 sentences now.(Lukus)
October
Trips learning and fun.
We have had lots of learning and fun in Room 1 again this month. We have still been learning lots with our buddies and enjoying using the ipads for learning new things. We have learnt about Augumented Reality . That is when the pictures we look at with the ipad stand out and move. I like the alphabet animals and the dinosaurs They are cool. We have been involved in Nga Toi. We are making panels to put on the bike container. We showed our wheku masks at Assembly. Everyone liked them. We have been having a focus for Inquiry on ‘The Solar System’. We are learning lots of things about space and planets. It is really interesting. We are still making great progress in Reading, Writing and Maths. Some of us have gone up 12 levels in Reading this year already. Mr Twinn came to visit us again the other day. He showed us lots of photos of his trip to Scotland and England. We liked the castles and big mountain that he climbed (Ben Nevis) best of all. Our two trips were awesome. Look at the photos on our wikis and the school Facebook. The Omnigym was great .We learnt how to do lots of activities and use lots of equipment like bars, mats, benches, tramps, ropes and beams. We all loved the Fun trip to the Skatepark. We had fun on scooters and skateboards and on the playground. Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
Showing our Wheku masks at Assembly.Doing Jump Jam
Mr Twinn came to visit.I liked the Skatepark
Omnigym.
I liked the Omnigym best and all the things I used. (Lukus)
The children continued to learn both in books and on the ipads. They were involved in making art panels for the Bike shed in Nga Toi. They also started Jump Jam for Fitness every morning as a whole school. The trip to the Omnigym and Skatepark helped reinforce physical activity skills and fun (Mrs B)
September
Lots to learn and do.
In September we have still been learning and having fun in Room 1. We enjoy using the ipads for learning new things especially on SkoolBo. Hemara got a trophy, for the school, from them for getting 10,000 points. PMP is nearly finished. We have learnt lots of new activities and skills. We have finished our Inquiry “All About Me,” on ourselves and our whanau and friends and our healthy bodies. We know lots of things about our Inquiry now. We got some great results for reading and writing and Maths this term and have made some excellent progress in those areas. The best fun was the Hakinakina Cross country. We got 1st (Van) 2nd (Boyden) and 3rd (Hemara) in the Year 2 boys and 2nd (Hohepa) in the Year 1 Boys. The girls ran well too. The Duffy Role Model Assembly was great with Rob Mokoraka. We also got our Duffy books which were fabulous. Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
The Hakinakina Cross Country and PMP inside on a wet day (on the floor).
Learning 'All About Me', in our Inquiry. I can do coding on the ipad too.
I am learning lots on the ipads.I am good at coding and Skoolbo. I like PMP and running too. I am reading harder books now at Level 11. I used to be at Level 3 at the start of the year I can write my own stories too (Lukus)
I like all the things that the students get involved in. Was very proud of the tamariki at the Hakinakina sports. PMP has stopped because of the price. I am going to hook into some training so that next year I can present the programme independently. ipad app learning is going well. I introduce an app and then let the students try it out themselves. Often they can come back 15 minutes later and show me something that I did not know. Lukus is at Level 11 in Reading now. He is making steady progress. He has moved up from Level 3 since the beginning of the year. Mum and Dad listening to him read at home too. Lukus can write 3 sentences independently and is at Stage 2 Maths.(Mrs B)
July/August
Visitors and learning
July and August have been great months for learning and fun in Room 1. We have been learning lots with our buddies and enjoying using the ipads for learning new things as well as fun activities like PMP. We had a Sports day with the Hastings City Council and leaders came such as Henare OKeefe (Duffy Books)and Paddy Stafford (Tamatea Rugby Club) as well as a policewoman and other helpers. They cooked us a sausage sizzle for lunch and we played lots of great games too. Paddy also donated some Rugby balls for us to use. We have been involved in Nga Toi. We loved making our wheku masks. They look cool and scary. We have been having a focus for Inquiry on ourselves and our whanau and friends and our healthy bodies this term. Hearty from the Heart foundation came to visit our school and ran around the track with the children. We were lucky as Mrs Donaldson and her daughter Michelle raised money for new sports equipment for the Junior school. We love all the new gear. We are becoming amazing at reading and writing and Maths this term and have made some great progress in that area. Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
Learning on the ipads. Sports day with Henare OKeefe
Hearty running with us. My wheku mask is scary.
We like all our new sports gear.
I liked the Sports day. We had lots of fun and played lots of games. Hearty was cool too. My mask is scary. The best thing I like is learning reading, writing and Maths on the ipads. I like all our new sports gear too. (Lukus)
We had lots of fun activities again in July and August. I spent these months supporting the children in all the activities such as sports days and Hearty's visit. We had lots of fun making wheku masks. They looked amazing. The children wrote stories about them and put them up on the wall. The tamariki are learning a lot on the ipads to help their progress in reading, writing and Maths. (Mrs Bennett)
June
Lots of fun connections and activities.
June was another amazing month in Room 1 (Miharo) We watched the Bike container being shifted by a huge crane. We are going to put Art (Nga Toi) all over it and make it a feature of our school. We were involved in the Preschool opening. Room 1 helped make pizzas for the kai and sung waiata after the speeches. We had the Duffy Theatre visit and got our Duffy books. We learnt Te Reo Kori with Sport HB and went in a school Te Reo Kori tournament. We went in a Hakinakina Rippa Rugby tournament with other schools. We won lots of games. We Skyped Mr Twinn at his Dad’s place in Scotland. We all asked him questions and showed him pictures. He sent us photos too. It was 10.30pm at night over there and 9.30am in the morning in NZ. June was another awesome month in Room 1, Miharo.
At the Preschool Opening.We sang Tutira Mai. We won lots of games in Rippa Rugby. We skyped Mr Twinn in Scotland.
I was sick at the Duffy Theatre. I got my new Duffy book the next day. We were good at Rippa Rugby . We won most of the games. The very best thing we did was Skyping Mr Twinn.He showed us outside his house in Scotland. It was still light. (Lukus)
We had lots of fun activities this month.I spent the month supporting the children in all the activities and helping organise many of them such as kai for the preschool opening(Our class made pizzas), The Duffy Theatre,The Hakinakina Rippa Rugby between 4 other schools and Skyping Mr Twinn (our ex Student Teacher) in Scotland (Mrs Bennett)
May
May saw Mr Twinn, Student Teacher and Matua Torp as part of Room 1. We had lots of adventures and learning. We were involved in lots of fun things. We shared some of our experiences through ,Write about it and Book Creator ipad apps. Some of those connections, which is what our Inquiry is about this term, were our trip to Mr McFarlane’s farm where we saw sheep, cows ,bulls and a helicopter. Seeing Whaea Anne and Harold the giraffe in the Life Education truck taught us about not bullying and being nice to others. We had an artist Matua Brandon Blair who came to school to talk about that and get us to draw posters too. We learnt about and practised using our WITS (Walk away, Ignore, Tell someone eg a teacher and make a Statement eg ‘Stop it ,I don’t like it.”) from Mrs Bennett. Some students made connections with Matua Manu and did Nga Toi, making kowhaiwhai patterns on rocks. We made other connections with the Preschool, Mrs Donaldson, the librarian, our whanau, Mr Twinn, Matua Torp, our buddies from other classes eg Buddy reading and sharing in oral language in R1, and Greg Murphy a formula 1 racing car driver (Whaea Monique-student teacher in R2s husband), who came to school to speak to us and show us all his racing gear. Hohepa tried on his $5,000 helmet. We also had a school party to say goodbye to Mr Twinn and Whaea Monique who had been student teachers at our school for 7 weeks. It was sad to see them go.We hope they come back and visit us. One of our biggest connections was using Skype. We connected to Mr Twinn’s Dad in Scotland. It was 10.30pm at night over there and 9.30am in the morning in NZ. He showed us the model planes that he flies and that we had seen on videos on youtube. He also showed us a picture of Mr Twinn as a little boy. We showed him the planes that we had made and sung him our new Riverslea song and Tutira Mai Nga Iwi. We liked it when the circus came to visit us too. The performers could do all sorts of tricks. May was an awesome month in Room 1, Miharo.
Farm visit, ipads and connections
Making connections with Mr MacFarlane at the farm.
In the Life Education truck with Whaea Anne learning about being nice to others and not bullying. At the Skatepark.
Write about it app on the ipad with Maika. Lukus wrote the words and took the picture of Maika. Learning/talking with my buddy Maraea.
Connecting with Greg Murphy the racing car driver and the circus.
We did lots of different things in May. I liked the trip to the Farm and seeing Mr Macfarlane and the Skatepark. I am fast on my scooter now. I am getting good on the ipads and can use the reading and maths apps by myself. I am nearly at my goal in reading. I am just starting Level 7. I have gone up in Maths and can write 3 sentences and try and spell words by myself. My writing is smaller now too. I liked the circus and listening to Greg Murphy the racing car driver. (Lukus)
Lukus has gone up 4 levels in reading since the beginning of the year and is making steady progress. He is consolidating and extending his skills in stage 2 in Maths. Lukus is developing some independence in storywriting. He is beginning to attempt to spell some of his own words independently. Next I want to accelerate his reading progress. He is working in a group with me and Miss Hall also. I also want to extend his writing and Maths skills. He has taken more of an interest in his learning now. Lukus loves going to Miss Hall to extend and reinforce his literacy skills. Lots of praise and positive reinforcement and motivating work will help him to continue to accelerate his progress. (Mrs B)
April
We have started studying Matariki this term and our focus is on Connections. We are going to have lots of fun making connections everywhere. Next week we are going to a farm where Mr Twinn, the student teacher in R1 used to work. We will make connections with the Farmer Mr McFarlane and the animals. We have made connections already with the Riverslea Preschool and with Toni Ben and Graham who come to help us do PMP activities for fitness and coordination. We also made connections with Wendy and Bridget from the Hastings council. We picked up Litter around our school. It was cool meeting Jocelyn Cowan who gave our school a certificate for being Sunsmart. We also had Whaea Korina our Health Nurse talking about Healthy Foods at Assembly. We will make lots of other connections this term. We know what reading levels we are at and have been doing Geometry and Time in Maths. We know o’clock and half past. We are all improving in our reading. We are learning to count and do addition in Maths now. We are still learning to write FABULOUS stories. We liked Easter as we made Easter eggs and had lots of chocolate. We also made a Comic Life about our Geometry shapes that we found outside around the school and learnt how to make a Puppet Pal presentation on the ipads. Matua Torp is now working in our class too helping all the tamariki. (Mrs B)
I likedmaking Easter eggs. It was fun painting them. I am getting good at reading now. I am on Level 6. I am learning to spell lots of words in my stories. I want to write longer stories in writing. My goal is to be a good reader. I liked balancing on the skateboard thing in PMP (Lukus)
I want to further extend Lukus in reading. He is beginning to make some steady progress. Lukus has extra teacher's aide for reading every day and 1/2 hour Literacy extra 1 to 1 with the teacher's aide too. He also gets teacher aide help in storywriting. The focus from his IEP is on Literacy for this term and so we will continue to keep doing what is working successfully. Lukus has moved up 3 levels in reading this year. His progress will be monitored and continually reviewed. (Mrs B)
Maths, PMP,Connections.
Making Easter eggs was fun. I did a Comic Life with Maika about shapes we found in the playground.
Balancing in PMP is fun. I picked up Litter by the Bike Track with Wendy from the Council.
March
We have had another busy but fun month in March , with lots of different things happening. We went to the Hakinakina swimming sports at the Aquatic centre on a bus. We swam with Whare Tapere, Bridge Pa and Mangateretere. We had fun and loved all the games and free swim. In the Seniors Exzodia and Mohi-Tarau got lots of certificates. We got some new lego in the class and had lots of fun building all sorts of things. We also went on a class trip as we are studying Turangawaewae. We went to the Transfer Station at Flaxmere. We looked at all the Recycling and the rubbish. We helped Mrs Versey sort out some recycling and put them in the right bins. We saw all the rubbish and know what happens to it now. Afterwards we went to the Hastings skatepark and playground. We enjoyed it there going up and down all the ramps. We brought our scooters and had lunch there too. Mrs Versey also came to school and showed us how to make recycled paper. It came out grey. We also had Mr Mac and Doug the Digger come to Riverslea again for another Role Model Assembly for Duffy.We got our Duffy books and saw Mr Macs big truck. We had the Police, Firemen and Ambulance people come and visit us too. That was really cool. (Mrs B & R1)
I didn't go to the Transfer Station but I liked learning about making paper I like Mr Mac's truck. I got my Duffy books. I like playing with the lego and learning things on the ipad. I am getting good at SkoolBo (Lukus)
Recycling, Swimming and Learning At the Hakinakina swimming sports
Making lego trucks on a wet lunchtime inside. Looking at the Fire engine at school.
Learning about Turangawaewae and Recycling
February
What a busy but fun start to the school year Room 1 has had. We have had fun improving our skills on the bike track. That is a goal of many in the class. We have had lots of testing to see what progress we have made and where to next. We have set our 3 goals and are trying to achieve them. We are studying Turangawaewae and focussing on our environment. Room 1, Miharo, are looking at Recycling. We know what reading levels we are at and can now do graphs in Maths. We are learning to count and do addition in Maths now. We are also learning to write FABULOUS stories. Below are pictures of the bike track and / or us on ipads learning Literacy and Numeracy on our new app SkoolBo. Also a picture of the graphs that we can do and a story that we each wrote. Miharo is cool. Miharo is awesome. (Mrs B)
I am learning to write my own stories now. I can spell some words too. I like learning on the apps on the ipad. I can tell people about graphs. I can add with counters in Maths. I am reading at Level 4 now and know lots of words. (Lukus)
Next goal for Lukus is to write many of his own words in story writing. I also want to help him extend his counting skills and help reinforce his addition skills in Maths. Lukus has reading with me and the Teachers aide and 1 to 1 (1/2 hour a day) with the teachers aide to help him with basic word skills and sentence structure. This needs to continue as he is making steady progress in both his reading and writing. ( Mrs B)
Maths and Writing
Lukus's Math's graph and story where he is trying to write his own words.
2014
My Goals 2014
1.Learn to use the ipad apps properly. 2. Learn to write words and do stories. 3. Learn to ride a bike on the PUMP track.
November/December
We have been very busy with the 4th term activities. -We had a Survivor day, related to our term Inquiry “Survival.” We did relays like Crossing the Road, In the City, Water Safety , Mountain safety etc. The tamariki loved them. Thanks to Sally from Sports HB for lending us all the equipment for 2 afternoons. -We have still been learning with Maths and Writing and Reading. Some children have made amazing progress. A writing focus is on my teacher registration wiki, as it was one of my classroom goals for the year. -We started swimming again in the school pool. All the children are water confident except for one. -We attended the Hakinakina Athletics day at the HB Sports Park against 7 other schools. Some children got placed in their age group. -We all rode in a Double Decker bus to Cornwall park, where we fed the ducks , looked at the birds, played in the playground and had a swim on the Splash pad. -Miharo joined the Preschool for their Xmas party at Inflatable World which they really enjoyed. - Lots of tamariki got trophies at Prizegiving. -The most amazing event though was our trip to Haumoana Zoo. This was again related to our Inquiry, the focus being on Survival and animals. The children fed the lambs, brushed the donkey, said Hello to the talking Cockatiel, led a Llama around the zoo , held rats and guinea pigs and saw 35 different animals and birds. To top it all off they had a fun playground too. -The tamariki have been involved in lots of educational activities and learning as well as outdoor education experiences too. What a busy and fun term it has been. Only the school Disco to go. ( Mrs Bennett)
I liked Inflatable world and Cornwall Park too. They were lots of fun. The best thing was feeding the lambs and talking to the bird at the Haumoana Zoo. I like going to Mrs Donaldson and Miss Hall to read. I am getting better at reading. I can read up to Level 3 now and can copy the words for my story. I like doing Maths in class too. I can just about do my goals properly. (Lukus)
October
We can have fun while learning
We went to the A and P show. We had lots of fun there and learnt lots of things. We went to the Farmyard zoo and got to hold and pat lots of baby animals. We went on the rides and found them exciting. It was hard to eat up all our hotdog and drink our drink as they were big. We watched the Ronald MacDonald show. He remembered us from when he came to our school. He was funny and nice to us. We loved Mr Mac and Doug the Digger. Some of us had turns on making the Digger go at the show. At school 2 days before he let us all climb in his big truck. (Room 2 Student Voice)
I liked Ronald MacDonald at the show. He made me laugh and he got us to take photos with him. He did lots of things like playing jokes and being funny . At school he got me to help him find his sock.(Lukus)
September
Goals
1.I can use the ipad apps properly most of the time. I need help with a new app. 2. I am still learning to write words and do stories. I copy under the words I tell Mrs Bennett to write. 3. I can ride most of the PUMP track but fall off if its too high. I can only ride the small orange bikes.
Lukus on the PUMP track.
The Arts
We have been talking about the Arts in Inquiry. We know that there are 4 Arts that we do. These are Dance, Drama, Visual Arts such as Crayon and Dye and painting and Music. We have been doing lots of singing. We sing waiata at Assembly every day and in class. Mrs Bennett puts the songs up on a data projector and we sing the words and listen to them on the ipad. We also use instruments as well. We kani kani in class and at lunchtimes, when the music is on. We have been doing lots of visual Art such as crayon and dye, shape pictures, collage, painting, masks and pattern pictures as well as Maori Art. We also learnt the Legends of Maui and the North Island and Maui and the sun, as well as fairy tales such as Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Bears and The Three Little Pigs. We had turns saying them back to the class and the preschool. We used finger puppets too. (Class) I liked doing the weaving best. Mrs Bennett said my weaving was fabulous.(Lukus)
Writing
I have been learning to write stories. I want to learn to write my own words. I copy what I say to Mrs Bennett at the moment. I am getting better at writing words.(Lukus) I have been encouraging Lukus to write his own words in stories. He lacks confidence by is improving in copying words and co-ordination. I will keep encouraging him to give it a try. (Mrs Bennett)
August
ipads
I am learning to code on the ipad with Te Iwi. I can make animals and people and things I can change them and make them bigger and smaller and move. I can write words and say things and put lots of other things in too.(Lukus) I showed the children how to use Scratch Jnr app on the ipad. The children can make a variety of characters and change them accordingly. They can write words or record their voice. I circulate and assist if needed to support or help. They are coding because they are giving the ipad directions and changing things around. Lukus loves this learning app and is becoming very successful at it. (Mrs Bennett)
Bike Track
I can still ride around the outside of the PUMP track and on some of the bike track. My goal is to ride my bike on the PUMP track all the way round. I am getting better but can't go over the big bumps yet.( Lukus). Lukus spent a long time on trainer wheels. His confidence has increased and he can ride around the tracks at school. He will also ride around the edge of the PUMP track and over the smaller humps. My aim ( and his) is to get him to ride confidently all the way around the PUMP track. He is more confident but wont go over the big rises as he is scared he will fall off. He will only go over them if I hold him or someone else holds him and the bike too.( Mrs Bennett).
Duffy Theatre
The Duffy Theatre was awesome. It was funny with lots of things happening. They go to 250 schools around the country. Duffy’s Uncle didn’t like reading but Rose and Duffy got him to read a book and that helped him with his Rugby League game and he scored the winning goal. ( Mrs B) I liked the book coat. I thought it was cool.( Lukus)
Commonwealth Games
We studied the Commonwealth Games when they were on. They were in Scotland in Glasgow. We looked at the Opening and Closing Ceremony on the computer. We all chose a country. Tamihana got the most medals. His team was England. We all liked the swimming and the Cycling. We got lots of medals in the cycling. We talked about all the different sports and practised playing games and sports at school.
July
Inflatable World ( Good Choices Trip)
Two teachers took 15 children, that had made good choices and followed school values for the term, to Inflatable World. The tamariki loved it. They played for 3 1/2 hours only stopping for a biscuit, drink or the toilet. They wanted me to take lots of photos of their activities. I ended up with about 55. (Mrs Bennett)
I went to Inflatable World with other children cause I made Good Choices. I liked the climbing the wall and the bouncy boxes.(Lukus)
Matariki 30/6/14 - 3/7/14
It was another amazing Matariki week at Riverslea school 2014. We started Monday with a whanau, school breakfast. Tuesday we had a Hakinakina sports day, that was lots of fun, with Paki Paki and Whare Tapere schools. Wednesday we had a Nanny and Papa day .Miharo had 11 Nannys and Papas visiting our room. Some also helped us to prepare for the Hangi on Thursday. Thursday we had a huge Matariki festival at the school. The children were great with our Kapa Haka and there was a hangi, stalls and other schools and people and whanau as well as Mayfair Kindegarten visiting. We had Camberley, Hastings Intermediate and Karamu perform as well. Henare OKeefe was DJ for part of the morning. The hangi was a highlight with Dads, Koros and whanau helping out. Other whanau helped behind the scenes with all the activities, sausage sizzle for the performers etc. What am amazing successful week. Ka mau te wihi ( Mrs Bennett).
I liked making the poi with Mrs Bennett. I liked Rob the Nest in the games too.(Lukus)
June
An example of Lukus' storywriting.Also Lukus at PMP.
Lukus' Comic Life. He did this with a Tuakana buddy from Room 4.
Learning
I am learning to copy and write words and do stories. I am much better at it now. I am getting better on the PUMP track but I still go slowly. I don't like falling off. I like PMP. I am learning to balance. I can use lots of apps on the ipad for Reading and Maths now. (Lukus) I am supporting and motivating Lukus both with his reading and writing. He needs to build more self confidence. He is now able to copy and write words and has some good ideas for storywriting. He is better at expressing these orally Next we want to improve his reading levels and motivate him to write his own stories. (Mrs Bennett)
May
Miharo Learning (Literacy and Numeracy)
I am learning to use new Maths apps on the ipad. I like Dragon shapes and the matching one. I can jump on letters on the alphabet grid. I can find some letters on the alphabet bingo. Mrs Bennett and Whiore help me sometimes. ( Lukus) I have added more apps for Maths on the ipads for the children to use . Lukus especially likes the matching and shape apps. He is learning his shapes and developing his matching skills well. He can also count to 10 and can recognise numbers up to 10 except for 7 and 9. I am reinforcing Lukus's numeracy skills in a small group with lots of activities and practice writing numbers, counting them and using them.. We also have a number grid and number bingo which he enjoys. (Mrs Bennett)
Skipping (Jump Rope For Heart)
I am learning to skip. I can jump over the rope sometimes. (Lukus) The school is involved in a Jump Rope for Heart programme. Most of Room 2 could not skip. All but one can skip forwards now. The tamariki are now learning to jump backwards and do skill jumping such as ski jump and bell jump. Most children can run around the court skipping. One boy who could not skip has gone from no skips to 30 on the spot in just 2 weeks. The programme is for 6 weeks. On June 13th 2014 we will have a Jump Rope for Heart skipping activity afternoon for the children and whanau. Children are setting goals to achieve that afternoon. The emphasis is on participation and fun. ( Mrs Bennett)
April
Goals
I am learning to read harder books and do more reading apps. I can write some words now. I can go on some of the PUMP track. (Lukus) I support Lukus by helping him develop his reading skills and the reading apps on the ipad. He is in a small reading group of 4 so has a lot of individual attention. Lukus is now able to write some words and most of his name. Next term we will extend his writing goal to dictating more than 1 sentence and to write some of his own words. Lots of practice is helping Lukus become more confident at riding the bike around the PUMP track . Soon he will be able to go around the whole PUMP track. (Mrs Bennett)
Walking Safely
Constable Phil is teaching us to walk safely. We are learning to cross the road safely. We know where to stand and know parts of the road such as the kerb and the gutter.
Duffy Role Model Assembly
We had Diana Queenin as our Duffy Role Model. She talked about Dinosaurs and showed us fossils. She also told us how important it is to read to helpour learning. The children loved the Duffy books that they chose.
ipads
I built a school with Van on the ipad. Its got a big fence. (Lukus) As part of our Geometry unit in Maths the children had to build either a school or a house in pairs. They had to use attributes such as shapes,pattern,direction,size and colour. The children worked well together and enjoyed the activity. ( Mrs Bennett)
Prizegiving
Lukus got a Duffy book award at the end of Term One Assembly. This was for being on task, listening and participating in the group well. ( Mrs Bennett)
March
Storywriting/ Masks
Lukus I am a tiger. I can bite and eat people.
Lukus selected the mask on the ipad that he wanted to have a photo with. He wrote about it and we published his caption and put the pictures on the classroom wall. The objective was to stimulate the children's imaginations. I encouraged him to think about what mask he liked the best. He wanted the tiger one as he thought that it looked scary.. (Mrs Bennett)
Storywriting
I can tell Mrs Bennett my story and I can copy most of the words now. I can copy my name and I can write a from the board too. (Lukus) Lukus is developing hand eye co-ordination. He is able to dictate stories and copy the words as well as record one or two simple words and copy his name. He now needs to try his own words when story writing. We will practise on a mini whiteboard first to help co-ordination and letter/ word formation. (Mrs Bennett)
Hakinakina Swimming Sports
We went to the swimming. I ran across the pool with the flutter-board. I had fun.(Lukus) We all had a great afternoon at the Hakinakina Cluster swimming sports. We were there with TKK, Mangateretere and Omahu. We had fun races like blowing the little ball across the pool with a straw. We also had flutter-board and swimming races. The children loved the free swim in the bigger pool. They were all awesome and all enjoyed themselves. ( Mrs Bennett)
Life Education
I liked Harold the puppet. We learnt about healthy food. I made the light go on Tam. Whaea Anne said I was magic.(Lukus) The children all enjoyed the Life Education Trust visit with Whaea Anne. We studied VIP ( Very Important Person), which we talk about in class as we have a VIP each week. We also learnt about healthy food and the important things that we must do to keep our bodies healthy. Two weeks later the children are still able to name and discuss what we talked about. ( Mrs Bennett).
School Swimming Sports
I like swimming . I can splash and run across the pool. I can nearly put my head under the water. I can splash and get my face wet.(Lukus ) I took daily swimming lessons with the children and taught them water confidence. All children could get in and put their head under. Some could sit on the bottom. Most can now kick with a flutter-board. All can blow bubbles and kick at the side of the pool. It has been rewarding to see how much the class has increased in water confidnce and skills. I have assessed the children according to the Swim Safe evaluation sheet. ( Mrs Bennett)
February
Swimming
I will go in the pool. I can wet my head but I will not go under the water. I can walk with a flutter-board. I want to learn to put my head under (Lukus) Last season Lukus would not go in the water , just sit on the steps with his feet in. Now he will walk across the pool. He will not put his head under yet, but will walk across the pool and splash. I will continue to help Lukus grow in confidence and take risks ( Mrs Bennett)
Bike Track
I will ride around the outside of the PUMP track. My goal is to ride my bike on the PUMP track ( Lukus). Lukus spent a long time on trainer wheels. His confidence has increased and he can ride around the tracks at school. He will also ride around the edge of the PUMP track. My aim ( and his) is to get him to ride confidently on the PUMP track ( Mrs Bennett).
Sue Putt Dental Therapist
Nurse Sue came to show us how to clean our teeth with some big teeth and a big toothbrush. She also brought us all a free toothbrush and some tooth paste for us to clean our teeth after lunch each day. Its called the "Brush In" programme in schools.
Class Rules 2014
We made up 5 class rules. I am showing the 3rd one. "Remember the school values. Aroha, Kaha and Mana." We made up class rules. Lukus helped model one of our rules. He could repeat it and try and explain what it means. ( Mrs Bennett)
2013
My name is Lukus. I am five. I used to go to Mayfair school. I like Riverslea school. I can ride a bike on the bike track now.
2013
Nov/Dec
Activities
We have had a busy 2 months. We have had a Biathlon where we ran and biked. We have started Milk in Schools. It is yummy. The whole school went in the Kapa Haka festival. It was fun when we went to Beach Education. We all loved swimming in the sea and playing in the sand on the beach. We have been talking about Pay it Forward in Inquiry. Room 2 have been helping our whanau by being nice and doing things for them. Our Christmas party in Room 2 was the best fun. We played games and had presents and lots of yummy party food. Khani won the pass the parcel. Miharo is fun. Miharo is awesome. ( Mrs Bennett)
Biathlon and Kapa Haka
Milk in Schoools . Yum! Paying it Forward helping Huntah and Hemara make our Dream School on the ipad.
Beach Education at Waimarama. I liked the Room 2 Xmas party best. We had lots of yummy food and a present too.
October
Preschool Tuakana- teina
We love to have the Preschool visit us . They have a story with us and we play together. We help them with things and show them where things are. They like coming to see us all in Room 2 as well.
PMP
We have Diane come and take PMP with us. She is from Flax Rock. We have fun and learn lots of different ways to move with our bodies. We get fit too. I like doing all the exercises best.
Ronald McDonald
Ronald McDonald came to talk to us about road safety. We knew the song about Stop Look and Listen as we had learnt that in class with Mrs Bennett. Ronald McDonald was funny. He lost his sock . We had to help him find it. He made Mrs Bennett disappear and then come back again but she was really just behind the screen. She jumped out and gave us a surprise. I laughed at Ronald McDonald and Mrs Bennett.
September
Discovery Making Poi T3
I am making poi. Mrs Bennett helped me tie the wool and cut the bag. I made 2 poi. ( Lukus) I assisted Lukus by first showing him how to make the poi, by putting newspaper into a plastic bag. I had to show him how to screw the newspaper up into a ball as he had put too much in the bag at first. I then showed him what length to cut the wool. I helped him tie it. He then sang E Rere taku poi in time to the music with the other children. Lukus was using his thinking and problem solving skills as well as developing his hand eye co-ordination skills. ( Mrs Bennett)
August
School Production 29/8/13
Dynamo Dukebox
I liked dancing. I waved my hands in the lion song. ( Lukus)
The tamariki were amazing. They danced and sang their way through nearly an hour of music from the 1970's, 1980's and 1990's. Even the teachers line danced to Achy Breaky Heart and were zombies toMichael Jackson's Thriller. Miharo Roll n Rolled to music from the 1980's. They did I love Rock and Roll. The lion Sleeps Tonight and Dancing in the Street. What a wonderful performance. ( Mrs Bennett)
Discovery Making Poi T3
I am making poi. Mrs Bennett helped me tie the wool and cut the bag.I sang a song too. (Lukus) I assisted Lukus by first showing him how to make the poi, by putting newspaper into a plastic bag. I then showed him what length to cut the wool. I helped him cut and tie it. I also helped him cut the bag. He then sang E Rere taku poi and swung the poi with the other children. Lukus was using his thinking and problem solving skills as well as developing his hand eye co-ordination skills. ( Mrs Bennett)
We had an amazing Matariki week at Riverslea school. We started Monday with a Dawn tree planting ceremony and whanau, school breakfast. Tuesday we had a Hakinakina sports day of Maori games with Bridge Pa school. That was lots of fun. Wednesday we helped prepare for the Hangi on Thursday. Thursday we had a huge Matariki festival at the school. The children were amazing with our Kapa Haka and there was a hangi, lots of stalls and other schools and people and whanau visiting. We had Irongate, Whare Tapere, the Line Dancers, Karamu and singers and dancers. Waata was an amazing DJ with the Funkman and PK in charge of music and coordination, sound etc. The hangi was a highlight with 6-8 Dads, Koros and whanau helping out, as well as whanau such as Roberta and Karina with serving. Other whanau helped behind the scenes with all the activities, sausage sizzle for the performers etc. What am amazing successful week. Ka mau te wihi ( Mrs Bennett).
I liked the dancing and singing best (Lukus)
June
Writing Sample
Lukus did not go on our school fun day trip but went to Sk8zone with his brother at another time recently. He still wanted to write a story about it. He has just started school and so is not forming words or letters yet, when writing stories. He still attempts to trace over the top of a dictated caption that I recorded for him. Next step is to get Lukus recording letters in his written work. He was unable to tell me any more about his story orally. ( Mrs Bennett).
The Bike Track
From trainer wheels to no trainer wheels in 2 weeks.
I can ride a bike now.I like the bike track (Lukus) I supported Lukus in giving him the confidence to ride a bike. I also pushed him on the bike to help him with his balance. He was keen to give it a try and kept practising. Now in a short time he can ride around the bike track all by himself without trainer wheels. ( Mrs Bennett)
May
Maths Learning
I am learning to use the ipad. I am doing numbers and shapes.( Lukus) I showed Lukus how to do a learning Maths app on the ipad. He has just started school so is learning how to use the ipad and learn his colours and shapes and numbers. I supported him by telling him the names of the concepts he did not know and prompted him to name the things he did know. I reinforced him by praising his attempts and guided him with next steps on how to use the app. ( Mrs Bennett)
Table of Contents
2016
Pepeha
Ko Ngati Kahungunu te iwiKo Maurice toku papa
Ko Oriwa toku mama
Ko David taku tuakana Ko Heretaunga toku kainga
Ko Riverslea toku kura
Ko Lukus taku ingoa
No reira
tena koutou
tena koutou
tena koutou
katoa
My Goals 2016
1.2.
3.
2015
My Goals 2015
1. Learn to read stories up to Level 16.2. Learn to write my own words and do stories.
3. Learn to add numbers in Maths.
Nov/Dec
Inquiry, ICT Visitors and Visiting.
A busy couple of months with lots of action and learning in Room 1.
The Firemen visited us to teach us about fire safety.
We know to get down, get low, get out fast.
We also learnt lots when the Mobile Learning Centre came to Riverslea School.
We used Robots,3D google cardboard,3D printers and ipads
and apple computers.It was fun, we learnt lots and all had turns at using everything.
We have been finding out all sorts of interesting things about space and
the Solar system and planets in our Inquiry T4.We visited the Planetarium as well.
The Hakinakina Athletics and Tabloids were fun. We also had a swim there.
We had some fun end of year activities too like visiting and playing
at the new playground at Windsor park.We also had a Wet and Wild fun day.
We loved our Xmas glasses, our Secret Santas and all the candy canes
and chocolate Santas we kept getting.
Lots of us achieved our goals in learning.
2015 was a great year.
Miharo is awesome.
Merry Xmas everyone ( Mrs B & R1)
I like the fun we have in class and the robots that we used when the Mobile Learning caravan came.
Hakinakina swimming and wet and wild day
I liked learning with all the computer stuff and the robots. I like the fun things we do at school.
I can add numbers up to 10 now and I can do subtraction too now.
I am up to Level 14 in Reading my goal was Level 10 but I passed that ages ago.
I can also write lots of my own words in my stories.I can write 3 sentences now.(Lukus)
October
Trips learning and fun.
We have had lots of learning and fun in Room 1 again this month.
We have still been learning lots with our buddies
and enjoying using the ipads for learning new things.
We have learnt about Augumented Reality .
That is when the pictures we look at with the ipad stand out and move.
I like the alphabet animals and the dinosaurs They are cool.
We have been involved in Nga Toi. We are making panels to put on the bike container.
We showed our wheku masks at Assembly. Everyone liked them.
We have been having a focus for Inquiry on ‘The Solar System’.
We are learning lots of things about space and planets. It is really interesting.
We are still making great progress in Reading, Writing and Maths.
Some of us have gone up 12 levels in Reading this year already.
Mr Twinn came to visit us again the other day.
He showed us lots of photos of his trip to Scotland and England.
We liked the castles and big mountain that he climbed (Ben Nevis) best of all.
Our two trips were awesome. Look at the photos on our wikis and the school Facebook.
The Omnigym was great .We learnt how to do lots of activities
and use lots of equipment like bars, mats, benches, tramps, ropes and beams.
We all loved the Fun trip to the Skatepark.
We had fun on scooters and skateboards and on the playground.
Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
Showing our Wheku masks at Assembly.Doing Jump Jam
Mr Twinn came to visit.I liked the Skatepark
Omnigym.
I liked the Omnigym best and all the things I used. (Lukus)
The children continued to learn both in books and on the ipads.
They were involved in making art panels for the Bike shed in Nga Toi.
They also started Jump Jam for Fitness every morning as a whole school.
The trip to the Omnigym and Skatepark helped reinforce physical activity skills and fun
(Mrs B)
September
Lots to learn and do.
In September we have still been learning and having fun in Room 1.We enjoy using the ipads for learning new things especially on SkoolBo.
Hemara got a trophy, for the school, from them for getting 10,000 points.
PMP is nearly finished. We have learnt lots of new activities and skills.
We have finished our Inquiry “All About Me,” on ourselves and our whanau
and friends and our healthy bodies. We know lots of things about our Inquiry now.
We got some great results for reading and writing and Maths this term
and have made some excellent progress in those areas.
The best fun was the Hakinakina Cross country. We got 1st (Van) 2nd (Boyden) and 3rd (Hemara)
in the Year 2 boys and 2nd (Hohepa) in the Year 1 Boys. The girls ran well too.
The Duffy Role Model Assembly was great with Rob Mokoraka.
We also got our Duffy books which were fabulous.
Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
The Hakinakina Cross Country and PMP inside on a wet day (on the floor).
Learning 'All About Me', in our Inquiry. I can do coding on the ipad too.
I am learning lots on the ipads.I am good at coding and Skoolbo.
I like PMP and running too.
I am reading harder books now at Level 11.
I used to be at Level 3 at the start of the year
I can write my own stories too
(Lukus)
I like all the things that the students get involved in.
Was very proud of the tamariki at the Hakinakina sports.
PMP has stopped because of the price.
I am going to hook into some training so that next year I can present
the programme independently.
ipad app learning is going well.
I introduce an app and then let the students try it out themselves.
Often they can come back 15 minutes later and show me something that I did not know.
Lukus is at Level 11 in Reading now. He is making steady progress.
He has moved up from Level 3 since the beginning of the year.
Mum and Dad listening to him read at home too.
Lukus can write 3 sentences independently and is at Stage 2 Maths.(Mrs B)
July/August
Visitors and learning
July and August have been great months for learning and fun in Room 1.
We have been learning lots with our buddies and enjoying using the ipads
for learning new things as well as fun activities like PMP.
We had a Sports day with the Hastings City Council and leaders came such as
Henare OKeefe (Duffy Books)and Paddy Stafford (Tamatea Rugby Club) as well as
a policewoman and other helpers. They cooked us a sausage sizzle for lunch
and we played lots of great games too. Paddy also donated some Rugby balls for us to use.
We have been involved in Nga Toi. We loved making our wheku masks. They look cool and scary.
We have been having a focus for Inquiry on ourselves and
our whanau and friends and our healthy bodies this term.
Hearty from the Heart foundation came to visit our school and ran around the track with the children.
We were lucky as Mrs Donaldson and her daughter Michelle
raised money for new sports equipment for the Junior school. We love all the new gear.
We are becoming amazing at reading and writing and Maths this term
and have made some great progress in that area.
Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
Learning on the ipads. Sports day with Henare OKeefe
Hearty running with us. My wheku mask is scary.
We like all our new sports gear.
I liked the Sports day. We had lots of fun and played lots of games.
Hearty was cool too. My mask is scary.
The best thing I like is learning reading, writing and Maths on the ipads.
I like all our new sports gear too.
(Lukus)
We had lots of fun activities again in July and August.
I spent these months supporting the children in all the activities
such as sports days and Hearty's visit.
We had lots of fun making wheku masks. They looked amazing.
The children wrote stories about them and put them up on the wall.
The tamariki are learning a lot on the ipads to help their progress in reading, writing and Maths.
(Mrs Bennett)
June
Lots of fun connections and activities.
June was another amazing month in Room 1 (Miharo)
We watched the Bike container being shifted by a huge crane.
We are going to put Art (Nga Toi) all over it and make it a feature of our school.
We were involved in the Preschool opening.
Room 1 helped make pizzas for the kai and sung waiata after the speeches.
We had the Duffy Theatre visit and got our Duffy books.
We learnt Te Reo Kori with Sport HB and went in a school Te Reo Kori tournament.
We went in a Hakinakina Rippa Rugby tournament with other schools. We won lots of games.
We Skyped Mr Twinn at his Dad’s place in Scotland.
We all asked him questions and showed him pictures. He sent us photos too.
It was 10.30pm at night over there and 9.30am in the morning in NZ.
June was another awesome month in Room 1, Miharo.
At the Preschool Opening.We sang Tutira Mai. We won lots of games in Rippa Rugby.
We skyped Mr Twinn in Scotland.
I was sick at the Duffy Theatre. I got my new Duffy book the next day.
We were good at Rippa Rugby . We won most of the games.
The very best thing we did was Skyping Mr Twinn.He showed us outside his house in Scotland.
It was still light.
(Lukus)
We had lots of fun activities this month.I spent the month supporting the children in all the activities
and helping organise many of them such as kai for the preschool opening(Our class made pizzas),
The Duffy Theatre,The Hakinakina Rippa Rugby between 4 other schools and Skyping Mr Twinn
(our ex Student Teacher) in Scotland
(Mrs Bennett)
May
May saw Mr Twinn, Student Teacher and Matua Torp as part of Room 1.We had lots of adventures and learning. We were involved in lots of fun things.
We shared some of our experiences through ,Write about it and Book Creator ipad apps.
Some of those connections, which is what our Inquiry is about this term,
were our trip to Mr McFarlane’s farm where we saw sheep, cows ,bulls and a helicopter.
Seeing Whaea Anne and Harold the giraffe in the Life Education truck taught us
about not bullying and being nice to others.
We had an artist Matua Brandon Blair who came to school to talk about that and get us to draw posters too.
We learnt about and practised using our WITS (Walk away, Ignore, Tell someone eg a teacher
and make a Statement eg ‘Stop it ,I don’t like it.”) from Mrs Bennett.
Some students made connections with Matua Manu and did Nga Toi, making kowhaiwhai patterns on rocks.
We made other connections with the Preschool, Mrs Donaldson, the librarian, our whanau,
Mr Twinn, Matua Torp, our buddies from other classes eg Buddy reading and sharing in oral language in R1,
and Greg Murphy a formula 1 racing car driver (Whaea Monique-student teacher in R2s husband),
who came to school to speak to us and show us all his racing gear. Hohepa tried on his $5,000 helmet.
We also had a school party to say goodbye to Mr Twinn
and Whaea Monique who had been student teachers at our school for 7 weeks.
It was sad to see them go.We hope they come back and visit us.
One of our biggest connections was using Skype. We connected to Mr Twinn’s Dad in Scotland.
It was 10.30pm at night over there and 9.30am in the morning in NZ.
He showed us the model planes that he flies and that we had seen on videos on youtube.
He also showed us a picture of Mr Twinn as a little boy.
We showed him the planes that we had made and sung him our new Riverslea song and Tutira Mai Nga Iwi.
We liked it when the circus came to visit us too. The performers could do all sorts of tricks.
May was an awesome month in Room 1, Miharo.
Farm visit, ipads and connections
Making connections with Mr MacFarlane at the farm.
In the Life Education truck with Whaea Anne learning about being nice to others and not bullying. At the Skatepark.
Write about it app on the ipad with Maika. Lukus wrote the words and took the picture of Maika.
Learning/talking with my buddy Maraea.
Connecting with Greg Murphy the racing car driver and the circus.
We did lots of different things in May.
I liked the trip to the Farm and seeing Mr Macfarlane and the Skatepark.
I am fast on my scooter now.
I am getting good on the ipads and can use the reading and maths apps by myself.
I am nearly at my goal in reading.
I am just starting Level 7.
I have gone up in Maths and can write 3 sentences
and try and spell words by myself.
My writing is smaller now too.
I liked the circus and listening to Greg Murphy the racing car driver.
(Lukus)
Lukus has gone up 4 levels in reading since the beginning of the year
and is making steady progress.
He is consolidating and extending his skills in stage 2 in Maths.
Lukus is developing some independence in storywriting.
He is beginning to attempt to spell some of his own words independently.
Next I want to accelerate his reading progress. He is working in a group with me and Miss Hall also.
I also want to extend his writing and Maths skills.
He has taken more of an interest in his learning now.
Lukus loves going to Miss Hall to extend and reinforce his literacy skills.
Lots of praise and positive reinforcement and motivating work
will help him to continue to accelerate his progress.
(Mrs B)
April
We have started studying Matariki this term and our focus is on Connections.We are going to have lots of fun making connections everywhere.
Next week we are going to a farm where Mr Twinn, the student teacher in R1 used to work.
We will make connections with the Farmer Mr McFarlane and the animals.
We have made connections already with the Riverslea Preschool
and with Toni Ben and Graham who come to help us do PMP activities for fitness and coordination.
We also made connections with Wendy and Bridget from the Hastings council.
We picked up Litter around our school.
It was cool meeting Jocelyn Cowan who gave our school a certificate for being Sunsmart.
We also had Whaea Korina our Health Nurse talking about Healthy Foods at Assembly.
We will make lots of other connections this term.
We know what reading levels we are at and have been doing Geometry and
Time in Maths. We know o’clock and half past.
We are all improving in our reading.
We are learning to count and do addition in Maths now.
We are still learning to write FABULOUS stories.
We liked Easter as we made Easter eggs and had lots of chocolate.
We also made a Comic Life about our Geometry shapes that we found outside around the school
and learnt how to make a Puppet Pal presentation on the ipads.
Matua Torp is now working in our class too helping all the tamariki.
(Mrs B)
I liked making Easter eggs. It was fun painting them.
I am getting good at reading now. I am on Level 6.
I am learning to spell lots of words in my stories.
I want to write longer stories in writing.
My goal is to be a good reader.
I liked balancing on the skateboard thing in PMP
(Lukus)
I want to further extend Lukus in reading. He is beginning to make some steady progress.
Lukus has extra teacher's aide for reading every day
and 1/2 hour Literacy extra 1 to 1 with the teacher's aide too.
He also gets teacher aide help in storywriting.
The focus from his IEP is on Literacy for this term
and so we will continue to keep doing what is working successfully.
Lukus has moved up 3 levels in reading this year.
His progress will be monitored and continually reviewed.
(Mrs B)
Maths, PMP,Connections.
Making Easter eggs was fun. I did a Comic Life with Maika about shapes we found in the playground.
Balancing in PMP is fun. I picked up Litter by the Bike Track with Wendy from the Council.
March
We have had another busy but fun month in March , with lots of different things happening.We went to the Hakinakina swimming sports at the Aquatic centre on a bus.
We swam with Whare Tapere, Bridge Pa and Mangateretere.
We had fun and loved all the games and free swim.
In the Seniors Exzodia and Mohi-Tarau got lots of certificates.
We got some new lego in the class and had lots of fun building all sorts of things.
We also went on a class trip as we are studying Turangawaewae.
We went to the Transfer Station at Flaxmere. We looked at all the Recycling and the rubbish.
We helped Mrs Versey sort out some recycling and put them in the right bins.
We saw all the rubbish and know what happens to it now.
Afterwards we went to the Hastings skatepark and playground.
We enjoyed it there going up and down all the ramps. We brought our scooters and had lunch there too.
Mrs Versey also came to school and showed us how to make recycled paper. It came out grey.
We also had Mr Mac and Doug the Digger come to Riverslea again
for another Role Model Assembly for Duffy.We got our Duffy books and saw Mr Macs big truck.
We had the Police, Firemen and Ambulance people come and visit us too. That was really cool.
(Mrs B & R1)
I didn't go to the Transfer Station but I liked learning about making paper
I like Mr Mac's truck.
I got my Duffy books.
I like playing with the lego and learning things on the ipad.
I am getting good at SkoolBo (Lukus)
Recycling, Swimming and Learning
At the Hakinakina swimming sports
Making lego trucks on a wet lunchtime inside. Looking at the Fire engine at school.
Learning about Turangawaewae and Recycling
February
What a busy but fun start to the school year Room 1 has had.We have had fun improving our skills on the bike track.
That is a goal of many in the class.
We have had lots of testing to see what progress we have made and where to next.
We have set our 3 goals and are trying to achieve them.
We are studying Turangawaewae and focussing on our environment.
Room 1, Miharo, are looking at Recycling.
We know what reading levels we are at and can now do graphs in Maths.
We are learning to count and do addition in Maths now.
We are also learning to write FABULOUS stories.
Below are pictures of the bike track and / or us on ipads learning Literacy and Numeracy on our new app SkoolBo.
Also a picture of the graphs that we can do and a story that we each wrote.
Miharo is cool.
Miharo is awesome. (Mrs B)
I am learning to write my own stories now.
I can spell some words too.
I like learning on the apps on the ipad.
I can tell people about graphs.
I can add with counters in Maths.
I am reading at Level 4 now and know lots of words. (Lukus)
Next goal for Lukus is to write many of his own words in story writing.
I also want to help him extend his counting skills
and help reinforce his addition skills in Maths.
Lukus has reading with me and the Teachers aide and 1 to 1 (1/2 hour a day)
with the teachers aide to help him with basic word skills and sentence structure.
This needs to continue as he is making steady progress in both his reading and writing.
( Mrs B)
Maths and Writing
Lukus's Math's graph and story where he is trying to write his own words.
2014
My Goals 2014
1.Learn to use the ipad apps properly.
2. Learn to write words and do stories.
3. Learn to ride a bike on the PUMP track.
November/December
We have been very busy with the 4th term activities.-We had a Survivor day, related to our term Inquiry “Survival.”
We did relays like Crossing the Road, In the City, Water Safety ,
Mountain safety etc. The tamariki loved them.
Thanks to Sally from Sports HB for lending us all the equipment for 2 afternoons.
-We have still been learning with Maths and Writing and Reading.
Some children have made amazing progress. A writing focus is on my teacher registration wiki,
as it was one of my classroom goals for the year.
-We started swimming again in the school pool. All the children are water confident except for one.
-We attended the Hakinakina Athletics day at the HB Sports Park against 7 other schools.
Some children got placed in their age group.
-We all rode in a Double Decker bus to Cornwall park, where we fed the ducks , looked at the birds,
played in the playground and had a swim on the Splash pad.
-Miharo joined the Preschool for their Xmas party at Inflatable World which they really enjoyed.
- Lots of tamariki got trophies at Prizegiving.
-The most amazing event though was our trip to Haumoana Zoo.
This was again related to our Inquiry, the focus being on Survival and animals.
The children fed the lambs, brushed the donkey, said Hello to the talking Cockatiel,
led a Llama around the zoo , held rats and guinea pigs and saw 35 different animals and birds.
To top it all off they had a fun playground too.
-The tamariki have been involved in lots of educational activities and learning
as well as outdoor education experiences too. What a busy and fun term it has been.
Only the school Disco to go. ( Mrs Bennett)
I liked Inflatable world and Cornwall Park too. They were lots of fun.
The best thing was feeding the lambs and talking to the bird at the Haumoana Zoo.
I like going to Mrs Donaldson and Miss Hall to read. I am getting better at reading.
I can read up to Level 3 now and can copy the words for my story.
I like doing Maths in class too.
I can just about do my goals properly.
(Lukus)
October
We can have fun while learning
We went to the A and P show. We had lots of fun there and learnt lots of things.
We went to the Farmyard zoo and got to hold and pat lots of baby animals.
We went on the rides and found them exciting.
It was hard to eat up all our hotdog and drink our drink as they were big.
We watched the Ronald MacDonald show.
He remembered us from when he came to our school.
He was funny and nice to us.
We loved Mr Mac and Doug the Digger.
Some of us had turns on making the Digger go at the show.
At school 2 days before he let us all climb in his big truck.
(Room 2 Student Voice)
I liked Ronald MacDonald at the show.
He made me laugh and he got us to take photos with him.
He did lots of things like playing jokes and being funny .
At school he got me to help him find his sock.(Lukus)
September
Goals
1.I can use the ipad apps properly most of the time.I need help with a new app.
2. I am still learning to write words and do stories.
I copy under the words I tell Mrs Bennett to write.
3. I can ride most of the PUMP track but fall off if its too high.
I can only ride the small orange bikes.
Lukus on the PUMP track.
The Arts
We have been talking about the Arts in Inquiry. We know that there are 4 Arts that we do.
These are Dance, Drama, Visual Arts such as Crayon and Dye and painting and Music.
We have been doing lots of singing. We sing waiata at Assembly every day and in class.
Mrs Bennett puts the songs up on a data projector and we sing the words and listen
to them on the ipad. We also use instruments as well. We kani kani in class
and at lunchtimes, when the music is on. We have been doing lots of visual Art
such as crayon and dye, shape pictures, collage, painting, masks and pattern pictures
as well as Maori Art.
We also learnt the Legends of Maui and the North Island and Maui and the sun,
as well as fairy tales such as Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Bears and The Three Little Pigs.
We had turns saying them back to the class and the preschool. We used finger puppets too.
(Class)
I liked doing the weaving best.
Mrs Bennett said my weaving was fabulous.(Lukus)
Writing
I have been learning to write stories. I want to learn to write my own words.
I copy what I say to Mrs Bennett at the moment.
I am getting better at writing words.(Lukus)
I have been encouraging Lukus to write his own words in stories.
He lacks confidence by is improving in copying words and co-ordination.
I will keep encouraging him to give it a try.
(Mrs Bennett)
August
ipads
I am learning to code on the ipad with Te Iwi.
I can make animals and people and things
I can change them and make them bigger and smaller and move.
I can write words and say things and put lots of other things in too.(Lukus)
I showed the children how to use Scratch Jnr app on the ipad.
The children can make a variety of characters and change them accordingly.
They can write words or record their voice.
I circulate and assist if needed to support or help.
They are coding because they are giving the ipad directions and changing things around.
Lukus loves this learning app and is becoming very successful at it.
(Mrs Bennett)
Bike Track
I can still ride around the outside of the PUMP track
and on some of the bike track.
My goal is to ride my bike on the PUMP track all the way round.
I am getting better but can't go over the big bumps yet.( Lukus).
Lukus spent a long time on trainer wheels.
His confidence has increased and he can ride around the tracks at school.
He will also ride around the edge of the PUMP track
and over the smaller humps.
My aim ( and his) is to get him to ride confidently
all the way around the PUMP track. He is more confident
but wont go over the big rises as he is scared he will fall off.
He will only go over them if I hold him
or someone else holds him and the bike too.( Mrs Bennett).
Duffy Theatre
The Duffy Theatre was awesome. It was funny with lots of things happening. They go to 250 schools around the country.
Duffy’s Uncle didn’t like reading but Rose and Duffy got him to read a book and that helped him
with his Rugby League game and he scored the winning goal. ( Mrs B)
I liked the book coat. I thought it was cool.( Lukus)
Commonwealth Games
We studied the Commonwealth Games when they were on. They were in Scotland in Glasgow.
We looked at the Opening and Closing Ceremony on the computer.
We all chose a country. Tamihana got the most medals. His team was England.
We all liked the swimming and the Cycling. We got lots of medals in the cycling.
We talked about all the different sports and practised playing games and sports at school.
July
Inflatable World ( Good Choices Trip)
Two teachers took 15 children, that had made good choices and followed school
values for the term, to Inflatable World. The tamariki loved it.
They played for 3 1/2 hours only stopping for a biscuit, drink or the toilet.
They wanted me to take lots of photos of their activities. I ended up with about 55.
(Mrs Bennett)
I went to Inflatable World with other children cause I made Good Choices.
I liked the climbing the wall and the bouncy boxes.(Lukus)
Matariki 30/6/14 - 3/7/14
It was another amazing Matariki week at Riverslea school 2014.
We started Monday with a whanau, school breakfast.
Tuesday we had a Hakinakina sports day, that was lots of fun, with Paki Paki and Whare Tapere schools.
Wednesday we had a Nanny and Papa day .Miharo had 11 Nannys and Papas visiting
our room. Some also helped us to prepare for the Hangi on Thursday.
Thursday we had a huge Matariki festival at the school.
The children were great with our Kapa Haka and there was a hangi, stalls
and other schools and people and whanau as well as Mayfair Kindegarten visiting.
We had Camberley, Hastings Intermediate and Karamu perform as well.
Henare OKeefe was DJ for part of the morning.
The hangi was a highlight with Dads, Koros and whanau helping out.
Other whanau helped behind the scenes with all the activities, sausage sizzle for the performers etc.
What am amazing successful week.
Ka mau te wihi ( Mrs Bennett).
I liked making the poi with Mrs Bennett.
I liked Rob the Nest in the games too.(Lukus)
June
An example of Lukus' storywriting. Also Lukus at PMP.
Lukus' Comic Life. He did this with a Tuakana buddy from Room 4.
Learning
I am learning to copy and write words and do stories.
I am much better at it now.
I am getting better on the PUMP track but I still go slowly.
I don't like falling off.
I like PMP. I am learning to balance.
I can use lots of apps on the ipad for Reading and Maths now. (Lukus)
I am supporting and motivating Lukus both with his reading and writing.
He needs to build more self confidence.
He is now able to copy and write words and has some good ideas for storywriting.
He is better at expressing these orally
Next we want to improve his reading levels
and motivate him to write his own stories.
(Mrs Bennett)
May
Miharo Learning (Literacy and Numeracy)
I am learning to use new Maths apps on the ipad.
I like Dragon shapes and the matching one.
I can jump on letters on the alphabet grid.
I can find some letters on the alphabet bingo.
Mrs Bennett and Whiore help me sometimes. ( Lukus)
I have added more apps for Maths on the ipads for the children to use .
Lukus especially likes the matching and shape apps.
He is learning his shapes and developing his matching skills well.
He can also count to 10 and can recognise numbers up to 10 except for 7 and 9.
I am reinforcing Lukus's numeracy skills in a small group with lots of activities
and practice writing numbers, counting them and using them..
We also have a number grid and number bingo which he enjoys.
(Mrs Bennett)
Skipping (Jump Rope For Heart)
I am learning to skip. I can jump over the rope sometimes.
(Lukus)
The school is involved in a Jump Rope for Heart programme.
Most of Room 2 could not skip. All but one can skip forwards now.
The tamariki are now learning to jump backwards and do skill jumping
such as ski jump and bell jump.
Most children can run around the court skipping.
One boy who could not skip has gone from no skips to 30 on the spot
in just 2 weeks. The programme is for 6 weeks.
On June 13th 2014 we will have a Jump Rope for Heart skipping activity afternoon
for the children and whanau.
Children are setting goals to achieve that afternoon.
The emphasis is on participation and fun. ( Mrs Bennett)
April
Goals
I am learning to read harder books
and do more reading apps.
I can write some words now.
I can go on some of the PUMP track. (Lukus)
I support Lukus by helping him develop his reading skills
and the reading apps on the ipad.
He is in a small reading group of 4 so has a lot of individual attention.
Lukus is now able to write some words and most of his name.
Next term we will extend his writing goal to dictating more than 1 sentence
and to write some of his own words.
Lots of practice is helping Lukus become more confident at riding the bike
around the PUMP track .
Soon he will be able to go around the whole PUMP track.
(Mrs Bennett)
Walking Safely
Constable Phil is teaching us to walk safely.
We are learning to cross the road safely.
We know where to stand and know parts of the road such as the kerb and the gutter.
Duffy Role Model Assembly
We had Diana Queenin as our Duffy Role Model. She talked about Dinosaurs
and showed us fossils. She also told us how important it is to read to help our learning.
The children loved the Duffy books that they chose.
ipads
I built a school with Van on the ipad. Its got a big fence.
(Lukus)
As part of our Geometry unit in Maths the children had to build either a school
or a house in pairs. They had to use attributes such as shapes,pattern,direction,size and colour.
The children worked well together and enjoyed the activity. ( Mrs Bennett)
Prizegiving
Lukus got a Duffy book award at the end of Term One Assembly.
This was for being on task, listening and participating in the group well. ( Mrs Bennett)
March
Storywriting/ Masks
Lukus
I am a tiger.
I can bite and eat people.
Lukus selected the mask on the ipad that he wanted to have a photo with.
He wrote about it and we published his caption
and put the pictures on the classroom wall.
The objective was to stimulate the children's imaginations.
I encouraged him to think about what mask he liked the best.
He wanted the tiger one as he thought that it looked scary..
(Mrs Bennett)
Storywriting
I can tell Mrs Bennett my story and I can copy most of the words now.
I can copy my name and I can write a from the board too. (Lukus)
Lukus is developing hand eye co-ordination. He is able to dictate stories and copy the words
as well as record one or two simple words and copy his name.
He now needs to try his own words when story writing.
We will practise on a mini whiteboard first to help co-ordination and letter/ word formation.
(Mrs Bennett)
Hakinakina Swimming Sports
We went to the swimming. I ran across the pool with the flutter-board.
I had fun.(Lukus)
We all had a great afternoon at the Hakinakina Cluster swimming sports.
We were there with TKK, Mangateretere and Omahu.
We had fun races like blowing the little ball across the pool with a straw.
We also had flutter-board and swimming races.
The children loved the free swim in the bigger pool.
They were all awesome and all enjoyed themselves. ( Mrs Bennett)
Life Education
I liked Harold the puppet. We learnt about healthy food.
I made the light go on Tam. Whaea Anne said I was magic.(Lukus)
The children all enjoyed the Life Education Trust visit with Whaea Anne.
We studied VIP ( Very Important Person), which we talk about in class
as we have a VIP each week.
We also learnt about healthy food and the important things that we must do to keep our bodies healthy.
Two weeks later the children are still able to name and discuss what we talked about. ( Mrs Bennett).
School Swimming Sports
I like swimming . I can splash and run across the pool.
I can nearly put my head under the water.
I can splash and get my face wet.(Lukus )
I took daily swimming lessons with the children and taught them water confidence.
All children could get in and put their head under.
Some could sit on the bottom. Most can now kick with a flutter-board.
All can blow bubbles and kick at the side of the pool.
It has been rewarding to see how much the class has increased in water confidnce and skills.
I have assessed the children according to the Swim Safe evaluation sheet. ( Mrs Bennett)
February
Swimming
I will go in the pool. I can wet my head but I will not go under the water.
I can walk with a flutter-board. I want to learn to put my head under (Lukus)
Last season Lukus would not go in the water , just sit on the steps with his feet in.
Now he will walk across the pool. He will not put his head under yet,
but will walk across the pool and splash.
I will continue to help Lukus grow in confidence and take risks ( Mrs Bennett)
Bike Track
I will ride around the outside of the PUMP track.
My goal is to ride my bike on the PUMP track ( Lukus).
Lukus spent a long time on trainer wheels.
His confidence has increased and he can ride around the tracks at school.
He will also ride around the edge of the PUMP track.
My aim ( and his) is to get him to ride confidently
on the PUMP track ( Mrs Bennett).
Sue Putt Dental Therapist
Nurse Sue came to show us how to clean our teeth with some big teeth and a big toothbrush.
She also brought us all a free toothbrush and some tooth paste for us to clean our teeth
after lunch each day.
Its called the "Brush In" programme in schools.
Class Rules 2014
We made up 5 class rules.
I am showing the 3rd one.
"Remember the school values. Aroha, Kaha and Mana."
We made up class rules. Lukus helped model one of our rules.
He could repeat it and try and explain what it means. ( Mrs Bennett)
2013
My name is Lukus.I am five.
I used to go to Mayfair school.
I like Riverslea school.
I can ride a bike on the bike track now.
2013
Nov/Dec
Activities
We have had a busy 2 months. We have had a Biathlon where we ran and biked.We have started Milk in Schools. It is yummy.
The whole school went in the Kapa Haka festival.
It was fun when we went to Beach Education.
We all loved swimming in the sea and playing in the sand on the beach.
We have been talking about Pay it Forward in Inquiry.
Room 2 have been helping our whanau by being nice and doing things for them.
Our Christmas party in Room 2 was the best fun.
We played games and had presents and lots of yummy party food.
Khani won the pass the parcel.
Miharo is fun. Miharo is awesome. ( Mrs Bennett)
Biathlon and Kapa Haka
Milk in Schoools . Yum! Paying it Forward helping Huntah and Hemara make our Dream School on the ipad.
Beach Education at Waimarama.
I liked the Room 2 Xmas party best. We had lots of yummy food and a present too.
October
Preschool Tuakana- teina
We love to have the Preschool visit us . They have a story with us and we play together.
We help them with things and show them where things are.
They like coming to see us all in Room 2 as well.
PMP
We have Diane come and take PMP with us. She is from Flax Rock.
We have fun and learn lots of different ways to move with our bodies.
We get fit too.
I like doing all the exercises best.
Ronald McDonald
Ronald McDonald came to talk to us about road safety.
We knew the song about Stop Look and Listen as we had learnt that in class with Mrs Bennett.
Ronald McDonald was funny. He lost his sock . We had to help him find it.
He made Mrs Bennett disappear and then come back again but she was really just behind the screen.
She jumped out and gave us a surprise.
I laughed at Ronald McDonald and Mrs Bennett.
September
Discovery Making Poi T3
I am making poi. Mrs Bennett helped me tie the wool and cut the bag.
I made 2 poi. ( Lukus)
I assisted Lukus by first showing him how to make the poi,
by putting newspaper into a plastic bag.
I had to show him how to screw the newspaper up into a ball
as he had put too much in the bag at first.
I then showed him what length to cut the wool.
I helped him tie it. He then sang E Rere taku poi
in time to the music with the other children.
Lukus was using his thinking and problem solving skills
as well as developing his hand eye co-ordination skills.
( Mrs Bennett)
August
School Production 29/8/13
Dynamo DukeboxI liked dancing.
I waved my hands in the lion song. ( Lukus)
The tamariki were amazing. They danced and sang their way through
nearly an hour of music from the 1970's, 1980's and 1990's.
Even the teachers line danced to Achy Breaky Heart and
were zombies to Michael Jackson's Thriller.
Miharo Roll n Rolled to music from the 1980's.
They did I love Rock and Roll. The lion Sleeps Tonight
and Dancing in the Street. What a wonderful performance. ( Mrs Bennett)
Discovery Making Poi T3
I am making poi. Mrs Bennett helped me tie the wool
and cut the bag.I sang a song too. (Lukus)
I assisted Lukus by first showing him how to make the poi,
by putting newspaper into a plastic bag.
I then showed him what length to cut the wool.
I helped him cut and tie it. I also helped him cut the bag.
He then sang E Rere taku poi and swung the poi with the other children.
Lukus was using his thinking and problem solving skills
as well as developing his hand eye co-ordination skills.
( Mrs Bennett)
Goals for Term 3
July
Learning Buddies presentation
Lukus and BrooklynMatariki 1/7/13- 5/7/13
We had an amazing Matariki week at Riverslea school.
We started Monday with a Dawn tree planting ceremony and whanau, school breakfast.
Tuesday we had a Hakinakina sports day of Maori games with Bridge Pa school.
That was lots of fun. Wednesday we helped prepare for the Hangi on Thursday.
Thursday we had a huge Matariki festival at the school.
The children were amazing with our Kapa Haka and there was a hangi, lots of stalls
and other schools and people and whanau visiting.
We had Irongate, Whare Tapere, the Line Dancers, Karamu and singers and dancers.
Waata was an amazing DJ with the Funkman and PK in charge of music and coordination, sound etc.
The hangi was a highlight with 6-8 Dads, Koros and whanau helping out, as well as whanau such as Roberta and Karina with
serving. Other whanau helped behind the scenes with all the activities, sausage sizzle for the performers etc.
What am amazing successful week.
Ka mau te wihi ( Mrs Bennett).
I liked the dancing and singing best (Lukus)
June
Writing Sample
Lukus did not go on our school fun day trip but went to
Sk8zone with his brother at another time recently.
He still wanted to write a story about it.
He has just started school and so is not forming words or letters yet,
when writing stories. He still attempts to trace over the top of a dictated caption
that I recorded for him.
Next step is to get Lukus recording letters in his written work.
He was unable to tell me any more about his story orally.
( Mrs Bennett).
The Bike Track
From trainer wheels to no trainer wheels in 2 weeks.I can ride a bike now.I like the bike track (Lukus)
I supported Lukus in giving him the confidence to ride a bike. I also pushed him on the bike to help him with his balance.
He was keen to give it a try and kept practising. Now in a short time he can ride around the bike track all by himself
without trainer wheels. ( Mrs Bennett)
May
Maths Learning
I am learning to use the ipad. I am doing numbers and shapes.( Lukus)
I showed Lukus how to do a learning Maths app on the ipad.
He has just started school so is learning how to use the ipad and learn his colours and shapes and numbers.
I supported him by telling him the names of the concepts he did not know and prompted him to name the things he did know.
I reinforced him by praising his attempts and guided him with next steps on how to use the app. ( Mrs Bennett)